'Urwah Ibn Mas'ood said to the Quraysh: "O my people! I have seen kings. I have seen Caeser, Chosroes and Negus. But by Allaah! I have never seen a king whose companions respect and honor him in the way that the Companions of Muhammad honour Muhammad sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam. By Allaah! When he spits, the spittle would fall into the hands of one of them, who would then rub his face and skin with it; when he orders them with something, they promptly fulfill it; when he performs wudhoo' (ablution), they vie with each other for the remains of the water; and when they speak in his presence, they lower their voices and do not look directly at his face, due to their respect and honour for him."
Related by al-Bukhaaree (no.2731) and Ahmad (3/324), from the lengthy narration of Miswar Ibn Makhramah radi-Allaahu 'anhu.
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